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TABLE 2.

Comparison of Direct Health Care Costs Among Privately Insured and Medicaid Pediatric Patients During the Study Period

Direct Health Care Costs (2017 USD)	Privately Insured, mean PPPY ± SD		Cost Difference (95% CI)	Medicaid, mean PPPY ± SD		Cost Difference (95% CI)
Direct Health Care Costs (2017 USD)	Peanut Allergy Cohort n = 3,084	Peanut Allergy–Free Cohort n = 30,840	Cost Difference (95% CI)	Peanut Allergy Cohort n = 1,245	Peanut Allergy–Free Cohort n = 12,450	Cost Difference (95% CI)
All-cause total health care costs	4,336 ± 29,273	2,089 ± 11,522	2,247 (1,195-3,936)^a	6,239 ± 13,988	3,393 ± 8,832	2,845 (2,086-3,728)^a
Asthma-related costs	619 ± 3,696	84 ± 903	535 (396-731)^a	1,116 ±4,894	114 ± 1,026	1,001 (747-1,313)^a
Atopic dermatitis/eczema-related costs	60 ± 443	10 ± 99	50 (34-76)^a	230 ± 3,230	17 ± 223	213 (119-371)^a
Other food allergy–related costs	48 ± 233	1 ± 38	47 (40-57)^a	127 ± 1,729	0 ± 22	127 (50-240)^a
Mental health–related costs	244 ± 1,366	224 ± 1,710	20 (-37-87)	1,156 ± 6,338	834 ± 3,999	322 (-36-678)
Medical service costs	2,155 ± 4,554	1,624 ± 10,533	531 (347-734)^a	4,590 ± 13,168	2,882 ± 8,333	1,708 (993-2,552)^a
Pharmacy costs	2,181 ± 28,840	465 ± 3,404	1,716 (746-3,289)^a	1,649 ± 3,320	511 ± 1,469	1,138 (948-1,373)^a
Out-of-pocket all-cause total health care costs	962 ± 3,284	400 ± 692	562 (448-735)^a	–	–	–

^aP < 0.01

PPPY = per-patient per-year; USD = U.S. dollars.